Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.

You have the army of mediocrities followed by the multitude of fools. As the mediocrities and the fools always form the immense majority, it is impossible for them to elect an intelligent government.

Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.

Words dazzle and deceive because they are mimed by the face. But black words on a white page are the soul laid bare.

The past attracts me, the present frightens me, because the future is death.

A sick thought can devour the body's flesh more than fever or consumption.

Of all the passions, the only one that seems respectable to me is the passion for food

It is the lives we encounter that make life worth living.

There is only one good thing in life, and that is love. And how you misunderstand it! how you spoil it! You treat it as something solemn like a sacrament, or something to be bought, like a dress.

Patriotism is a kind of religion; it is the egg from which wars are hatched.

Every government has as much of a duty to avoid war as a ship's captain has to avoid a shipwreck.

I don't have any special talents, just an ordinary desire to live like a human being.

All my life, the mistakes I've made have been honorable ones.

He left His Father's throne above, (So free, so infinite His grace!) Emptied Himself of all but love, And bled for Adam's helpless race.

Please, if you're making a movie, start out with a good script, at least! Please!

Nature is good for all of us. When we're exposed to trees and other natural settings - even within the city, it fosters creativity.

Courage, not cleverness; not even inspiration, is the grain of mustard that grows up to be a great tree.

I'd love to play in, like, a 'Lord of the Rings,' or something like that, or a James Bond or, you know, just something like with action, shooting.

I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.

I had little talent for happiness.

I'd rather have two girls at 21 each than one girl at 42.